Alexis Bellino, of the Real Housewives of Orange County, poses for photos on the red carpet at the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Jena Malone gives her half-sister Madison Mae a kiss on the red carpet at the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

People wait outside the Edwards Big Newport movie theater for the opening of the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

People are reflected in a window outside the Edwards Big Newport movie theater for the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Tom Sullivan, reporting for the Orange County Screenwriters Association, conducts an interview outside the Edwards Big Newport movie theater for the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Alexis and Jim Bellino pose for photos on the red carpet at the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Actress Jena Malone waves to a friend on the red carpet during the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night. Malone stars in the film "Five Star Day" which opened the festival.

Alexis Bellino, of the Real Housewives of Orange County, poses for photos on the red carpet at the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Tamra Barney, left, and Alexis Bellino, of the Real Housewives of Orange County, pose for photos on the red carpet at the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Actor Cam Gigandet and his girlfriend Dominique Geisendorff pose for photos on the red carpet at the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Actor Cam Gigandet and director Danny Buday pose for photos on the red carpet at the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Lynne Curtin, Tamra Barney, and Alexis Bellino, from left, of the Real Housewives of Orange County, pose for photos on the red carpet at the opening for the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday night.

Several of the stars of the opening film appeared for the premiere, including Cam Gigandet (“Twilight,” “The O.C.”), Jena Malone (“Into the Wild”), Juliana Guill, Brooklyn Sudano and Will Yun Lee.

“It’s great to be a part of the film that’s opening the film festival,” said Guill, 22. “Danny was a fantastic, very communicative director.”

Three of the “Real Housewives of Orange County” showed up to the event: Tamra Barney, Lynne Curtin and Alexis Bellino. Barney brought her new boyfriend, Eddie Judge; Curtin brought her daughter Alexa, and Bellino arrived with her husband, Jim.

“I’m so excited to see the new movie,” Alexis Bellino said. “I haven’t gone to many things like this in Orange County or Newport Beach.”

“It’s great to see everybody out here in Newport Beach,” added husband Jim. “It’s an impressive event. It’s good to get out of the house and see this.”

Barney wore a peach-colored dress and a black silk flower in her hair. “The whole red-carpet scene is pretty exciting,” said Barney, who is going through a divorce with her husband, Simon.

Other celebrities at the opening were Kieu Chinh, Thomas Calabro and Josh Stuart, who’s in the film “Wake,” which plays at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Edwards Island Cinemas during the fest.

After the film, attendees strolled or drove over to the Bloomingdale’s Courtyard at Fashion Island, the site of an elaborate outdoor gala. About 25 Newport Beach restaurants served food, models strutted down a walkway wearing the latest in fashion, and Cirque du Soleil presented a scene from its Las Vegas production “Mystère.”

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